Benedict Wong

Movie Actor

Birthday July 3, 1971

Birth Sign Cancer

Birthplace Eccles, England

Age 52 years old

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About

British actor known for playing Ravel in Prometheus and Bruce Ng in The Martian. He also appeared as Kublai Khan in the Netflix series Marco Polo and starred as Master Lin in Syfy's Deadly Class. He played Wong in the Marvel film Doctor Strange.

Before Fame

He studied at Salford College and earned his first role in 1993 as part of a BBC Radio play.

Trivia

He had to learn to ride horses and gain 30 pounds in order to play Kublai Khan. In 2022, he reprised his role as Wong in both Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and She-Hulk: Attorney at Law.

Family Life

He grew up in Salford. His parents were immigrants from Hong Kong.

Associated With

He and Sean Lock starred in the sitcom 15 Storeys High from 2002-2004.